Elon Musk Thinking Latest: Elon Musk Unveils New Product TERAFAB!!!
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Mar 22, 2026 
Elon Musk, CEO and lead engineer behind SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink, outlines bold plans for space-based compute and manufacturing. He unveils the TerraFab chip initiative and discusses scaling power and payloads via Starship. Topics include space-suited chip design, a new Austin fab, lunar mass drivers, and visions of a multi-planet civilization.
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Reusable Rockets Won When Experts Said They Would Fail
- SpaceX proved reusable rockets were viable and economical after skeptics said reuse was impossible or uneconomical.
- Musk cites over 500 landings and progression from Falcon to Falcon Heavy to Starship as real-world milestones.
Terawatt Compute Requires Massive To-Orbit Capacity
- Reaching a terawatt of compute/year requires ~10 million tons to orbit annually and about 1 terawatt of solar in space.
- Musk presents mini-sat at 100 kW and projects megawatt satellites evolving to reach terawatt scale.
Build An Integrated Fab When Supply Falls Short
- Do build a dedicated TerraFab when Earth fabs can't scale fast enough to supply AI chips.
- Elon Musk says Tesla/XAI/SpaceX will construct an advanced fab in Austin that makes logic, memory, masks, and testing under one roof.